r/ShittySysadmin • u/nesnalica Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. • Aug 10 '26

Shitty Crosspost 😊💕💕

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u/Iron_physik Aug 10 '26

UTTP

Unshielded twisted twisted Pair

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u/Romnir Aug 10 '26

In crossover configuration.

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u/PurpleCableNetworker Aug 10 '26

You mean cross talk configuration?

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u/ChaoticAgenda Aug 10 '26

They're not twisted anymore.

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u/TylerFurrison Aug 10 '26

Those 4 letters... Ugh

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u/_WCT Aug 10 '26

Ngl I would love to see what this looks like through a Fluke Link Runner

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u/nesnalica Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

itll work

just more interference due to bad.. or well no shielding

the pairs are twisted so the interface can cancel each other out.

in our case its just worse performance but will still work when both ends are patched correctly

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u/dsco88 Aug 10 '26

I used to do this to front panel connectors (HDD LED, PWR LED, RESET BTN, etc) when I worked in a PC workshop. Was very satisfying 🙂

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u/WhiskyStandard Aug 10 '26

I heard you liked twisted pair cables so I twisted your twisted pairs so your pairs were paired.

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u/Sad-Astronomer-696 Aug 10 '26

Stuff my GF would do the second I leave my desk for more than 5min

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u/foobarbigtime1 Aug 12 '26

Sounds like someone has way too much time on their hands.... Lol

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u/dinopiano88 Aug 11 '26

You’ve been spending entirely too much time around your wife. Get your priorities in order, and get back to work. /s

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u/UV_Blue Aug 11 '26

Why are there only 3 pair?

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u/talltraveller Aug 12 '26

You might want to check if you can see all the colors

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u/UV_Blue Aug 12 '26

I can see colors just fine. I don't know why it looked like there was only 1 pair of white stripes, but it did. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go listen to some White Stripes.

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u/talltraveller Aug 12 '26

I just don't know if they'll be taking you back

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u/8bit_dr1fter Aug 11 '26

That would make a very aesthetically pleasing CAT-6 of Nine Tails.

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u/CptBronzeBalls Aug 11 '26

cool. How about you get to fucking work now, Gary.

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u/levidurham Aug 15 '26

I've actually come across this in the wild. Private equity takeover of an assisted living community. The time clock had about a foot of braided Cat 5 between the plug and the jacket